Gaston

#3,379 for boys in 2025, 34 births

Peak · boys
#527
1903 · 17 births
Debut · boys
1881
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,053
since 1881

Gaston over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Gaston has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886peak #527, 1903boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3,37934
2024#4,07226
2023#5,92715
2022#3,99527
2021#4,36223
2020#4,85519
2019#5,15318
2018#8,1549
2017#4,22424
2016#3,59630
2015#3,68429
2014#5,48516
2013#4,31322
2012#4,00325
2011#3,79227
2010#5,74115
2009#4,74820
2008#4,04425
2007#4,49321
2006#3,78226
2005#3,38929
2004#3,15831
2003#2,62038
2002#3,25927
2001#3,72122
2000#3,29925
1999#2,60833
1998#2,78229
1997#2,54631
1996#2,48331
1995#2,05540
1994#2,50230
1993#1,62055
1992#1,91442
1991#1,82343
1990#1,40963
1989#2,10633
1988#1,79038
1987#1,33755
1986#1,72536
1985#1,91630
1984#2,15924
1983#2,08525
1982#2,83116
1981#2,27022
1980#2,72917
1979#2,66917
1978#2,20521
1977#2,00824
1976#1,99924
1975#1,65830
1974#1,83225
1973#1,81724
1972#1,60329
1971#1,91622
1970#1,98920
1969#1,68024
1968#1,50627
1967#1,80919
1966#2,04315
1965#1,38631
1964#1,97517
1963#1,69522
1962#1,66923
1961#1,49629
1960#1,61925
1959#1,66523
1958#1,67722
1957#1,41131
1956#1,60824
1955#1,41929
1954#1,38230
1953#1,30433
1952#1,61522
1951#1,43027
1950#1,53823
1949#1,34829
1948#1,14539
1947#1,06446
1946#1,35527
1945#1,20430
1944#1,10736
1943#1,39925
1942#1,33427
1941#1,23029
1940#1,13534
1939#1,27227
1938#1,27527
1937#1,48121
1936#98940
1935#93046
1934#98242
1933#1,12434
1932#1,14135
1931#86954
1930#1,00746
1929#82662
1928#85460
1927#85862
1926#98049
1925#93352
1924#81469
1923#88259
1922#74878
1921#82569
1920#88760
1919#87757
1918#68483
1917#89251
1916#89249
1915#86850
1914#98632
1913#83533
1912#76532
1911#62424
1910#59823
1909#67916
1908#9469
1907#73513
1906#70912
1905#69912
1904#61214
1903#52717
1902#7949
1901#7798
1900#62316
1899#61311
1898#8048
1897#68110
1896#72210
1895#60912
1894#8577
1893#9076
1892#7928
1891#8416
1890—
1889—
1888#8157
1887—
1886#8456
1885#7008
1884#7647
1883#7207
1882#61110
1881#6538
1880—
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Gaston! It came in at #653, and was given to 8 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Gaston is popular in 1886

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Gaston
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 693 spots since 2024 (#4,072 → #3,379)
  • 1,476 spots since 2020 (#4,855 → #3,379)
  • 305 spots since 2015 (#3,684 → #3,379)
  • Biggest jump: 267 spots in 1903 (#794 → #527)
  • Biggest drop: 492 spots in 1937 (#989 → #1,481)
Rise & fade · boys
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1903 at #527 (17 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 50 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1891–1929
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,014
  • Highest: 1 in 7,014 boys born in 1903 were named Gaston (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 50,238 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 15.3% of all boys named Gaston (620) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s53#611 (1882)#730
1890s78#609 (1895)#758
1900s126#527 (1903)#710
1910s434#598 (1910)#802
1920s620#748 (1922)#861
1930s372#869 (1931)#1,107
1940s322#1,064 (1947)#1,232
1950s264#1,304 (1953)#1,505
1960s232#1,386 (1965)#1,688
1970s236#1,603 (1972)#1,970
1980s296#1,337 (1987)#2,095
1990s397#1,409 (1990)#2,174
2000s264#2,620 (2003)#3,651
2010s215#3,596 (2016)#4,815
2020s144#3,379 (2025)#4,432

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Gaston in 1886

boys
#845
6 births · 1 in 18,464 boys

Top boys' names in 1886

  1. #1John9,026
  2. #2William8,252
  3. #3James5,355
  4. #4George4,671
  5. #5Charles4,533
  6. #6Frank3,127
  7. #7Joseph2,594
  8. #8Robert2,443
  9. #9Henry2,404
  10. #10Thomas2,337
  11. #845Gaston6
More about 1886

boys

110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 18,464 of them was named Gaston, which outranked 23.9% of the 1,110 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gaston
  1. #758Wirt7
  2. #758Wong7
  3. #758Woody7
  4. #845Gaston6
  5. #845Ada6
  6. #845Algie6
  7. #845Almon6
  8. #959Acey5
  9. #959Adelbert5
  10. #959Alan5

Tied with 113 names at #845; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. ↑ 505Thornton#936 → #431
  2. ↑ 485Oswald#936 → #451
  3. ↑ 445Evans#936 → #491
  4. ↑ 396Grace#936 → #540
  5. ↑ 385Abel#836 → #451
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Adelbert#462 → #959
  2. ↓ 438Carey#521 → #959
  3. ↓ 412Santiago#547 → #959
  4. ↓ 382Brooks#577 → #959
  5. ↓ 355Alma#604 → #959

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1886 →